Tucson, Arizona
Tucson's Retro Airport Control Tower
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
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Tucson, Arizona
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
The Dalles, Oregon
A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Tygh Valley, Oregon
Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.
Woodburn, Oregon
This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.
John Day, Oregon
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Mount Angel, Oregon
World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.
Silverton, Oregon
The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Sisters, Oregon
The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.